Recording Log 1:
(The camera Doc and Zak Saturday standing before an ancient looking temple.)
"Dew Saturday recording: We've arrived at the ancient ruins in the Wildlands near the city of GrimmFall. These Wildlands reside dangerously close to the Darklands where the Grimm thrive in extremely large numbers, making it impossible to chart. The city of GrimmFall was built close by so that there would always be an army of warriors to keep the Grimm from spreading across all of North America. This temple is one of many ruins located across the world, built by a people only known as the Ancients. It has been suggested that the Ancients had access to forms of technology and magic-" (Drew threw a look at Doc.) "That they used possible against the Grimm. If true this will prove the Grimm possibly existing even before the Time of Awakening. And if that is true our world has a secret history, possibly even proving that the Emperor was not the first to awaken Aura and lay down the teachings that led to the founding of the Huntsmen."
(The Saturdays entered the temple with Drew pointing the camera at the walls, seeing writings and hieroglyphics depicting strange figures but others were easily recognizable, resembling many kinds of Grimm.)
"The hieroglyphics on the walls are similar to writings that have been seen in other ruins explored by the Secret Scientists." Doc said, holding up his wrist device. "Look here."
(He points to a crater that shows Grimm emerging from.)
"This is obviously a representation of the crater created by the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs and later served as the source of the Grimm. And this…"
(He pointed to four beings surrounding the crater, seemingly blocking the Grimm and sealing them and the crater inside the Earth.)
"These four seem to represent protectors of some kind. The hieroglyphics show them as sealing the Grimm back in their location of origin. It's a similar manner to how the armies the Emperor had gathered from across the world sealed the crater inside what is now Mt. Fujiashiyame. But these…"
(He then pointed to six strange figures surrounding what could only be the Earth along with small orbs, each of them with different symbols. The figures varied in shape, two looking the same with large round shaped heads, one resembling an owl, one looking like a man, another looked like it had a diamond for a head and the last one resembled a woman.)
"Looks at the figures. They are obviously deities from the ancient point of view, considering their position."
"So what do those symbols mean?" Zak asked.
"I got this." Draw stepped forward. "I've seen this kind of writing from studying under the Tibetan monks."
(One by one, Drew pointed at each symbol and identified the meaning.)
"Heart."
"Creation."
"Strength."
"Destruction."
"Form."
"Soul."
"Mind."
"Nature."
"Bond."
"Sight."
"Youth."
"And Ability."
"What does all this mean?" Zak asked, confused by what all these symbols meant.
"There is a bit more." Drew answered and began to translate.
"Twelve gifts from the Six Lights."
"Twelve seats surrounding a round table."
"Twelve Phases of the Shining Moon."
"Twelve Chosen must come together."
"To become the One."
"To ensure the struggle is won."
"Well that's informative." Zak mused.
"The twelve phases obviously refer to the phases of the moon in the sky while twelve seats must be speaking of the Knights of the Round Table." Drew speculated. "As for these gifts I can't make heads or tails of what they could be."
"They obviously represent gifts given to the ancients by beings they perceived as gods." Doc answered, logging all they were seeing. "It's been believed that all early civilizations were given some form of gift by deities to help shape them into what they perceived the gods wanted them to be. We've seen such beliefs even in modern times."
"But they must have a deeper meaning." Draw said, looking more writings along the wall. "The ancients wouldn't simply place these on the walls for no good reason."
"Well they could be seen as metaphorical gifts since each one represents an aspect of what life is." Doc pointed out. "Heart could imply our ability to perceive emotions while creation simply means our progress in the millions of years we have existed while destruction shows our capacity to destroy as well as create. It is pretty easy to understand what all these gifts entail and how they represent a trait we all have."
"It's kind of pointless to say they are gifts from the gods when we already have those." Drew crossed her arms.
"Well what else could they be?" Doc sighed. "Not every bit of ancient writing has to be related to some sort of mystic object."
"I am just saying there might be some hidden meaning we're not looking at." Drew sighed, shaking her head. "Forget it. Let's just log the rest of these writings."
Zak sighed as his parents walked off. "Can we go just one day without this?"
Fiskerton made a few noises, speaking in agreement with Zak.
"There's something else." Draw pointed to a wall, showing the twelve symbols surrounding the moon and below it were twelve seats with more writings that Drew began to translate.
The Dark One, in his final moments is reborn.
A force of evil to ensure the world is torn.
What was once One chosen will become many.
A Warrior chosen, his heart filled with light.
He will share with others his might.
The Dark One and the Chosen One, now gone.
Becoming armies of One.
From the ash, gentles flames ignite.
From the pool, dark shadows crawl.
The Many united to save all of creation again.
"A prophecy to stop some sort of apocalyptic event." Drew finished the translation. "From the pool, dark shadows crawl…It must be referring to the crater made by the meteor that the Grimm came from. The armies of one could refer to how the Emperor was the first Huntsman who later spread his teachings across the world."
"And the Dark One?" Zak asked.
Drew shrugged. "Can't be too sure on that one."
(Zak takes the camera that had been in Fiskerton's hands and turned it off.)
End Recording
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"It's a difficult and stubborn thing, the power of belief. With it we can believe that almost anything can be real no matter how many times one or more say there's no such as whatever you believe in. Ghosts, aliens, super powers, fairy tales, things we wish did exist despite evidence to the contrary. Or maybe they do exist and we have yet to simply find them. They were not just randomly made up by some village idiot and some old crazy old man." TOM said, closing the Saturday recording. "That's the power of belief and it's responsible for both the greatest and darkest chapters in history. Everyone believes in something, no matter how different they are from each other."
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The moment the sun shined down on her face she led out a small growl as she opened her dark green eyes and sat up, running a hand through her long black hair. Throwing her covers off she stood up, preforming some stretches followed by some pushups, sit ups and some light before taking a shower. After taking the time to enjoy a warm shower she emerged and once she dried herself off she slipped on her uniform, consisting of a black and green jumpsuit with a pair of gloves and boots, one of them green and the other black to go along with her choice in colors. She took a quick glance in the mirror, seemingly satisfied before leaving her room and walking down the hall.
She passed by guards who were all dressed in magenta colored jumpsuits and visors that all looked heavily armed but none of them even close to her level. She could easily take down fifty of them singlehandedly and not even break a sweat. They were hired grunts while she was the real muscle in the little group they were all part of. She walked up to the door to the laboratory and opened it, looking inside and repressed the urge to scoff in annoyance since the lab was so big with all sorts of computers and machines she had no clue what they were and made it hard to find her employer.
She walked around, stopping when she saw a row of large trees and plants. "Of course."
She followed them to a desk and there was the person she was looking for. He was standing in front of what looked like a swamp that she was sure was not there before with large plants standing before him, all of them having yellow colored fruits growing from their branches.
She raised an eyebrow as she walked up behind him. "Been doing some late night renovating, Dr. D?"
The man let out an annoyed grunt as he turned around, looking very annoyed. The man was anything but normal, given his blue colored skin and the scar under his right eye. He had black spiky hair tied in a ponytail and wore a dark blue lab coat with black gloves and boots. His eyes were dark, actually darker than usual given the dark circles, meaning he had little to no sleep at all.
"I mean, I go to bed last night and wake up to see a freaking swamp in the middle of your lab." She pointed to the water. "Did you try making an indoor pool? I told you not to mess with the plumbing. Maybe you should stick to gardening."
"Shego, please. If I wanted my lab to be swarming with dozens of wet dripping feet I'd move everything to the showers." The man grunted. "Why are you up this early?"
"Good question. It might be because…It's morning!" The woman named Shego drawled and pointed to the plants and the mini-swamp. "And what are you doing? Did you spend the whole night using your Semblance to grow these plants? Actually, don't answer that. It's pretty clear from the wrinkles on your face."
"I'M NOT THAT OLD, SHEGO!" The man barked angrily. "And I didn't use my Semblance the entire time! I only used it after I set up my little indoor oasis project!"
He walked over to one of the plants and pulled on one of the fruits.
"Once I had set up the soil and the water I planted the seeds for these plants and used high energy conductors designed to absorb any form of energy, including Aura which I made sure were fully charged. The conductors then spread the energy out through the soil into the seeds and I used my Semblance to accelerate the growth." The man explained, holding the fruit out to her. "Go ahead and try one."
She held up her hands and stepped back. "No thanks. I am not trying something you might have put some sort of steroids into and might make me go bald and turn my skin yellow."
"Fine." The man rolled his eyes and took a bite out of the fruit.
The woman stared with slight surprise as the man's dark blue aura flashed and he suddenly looked a lot better for someone who had not slept for twenty four hours. "What in the world?"
"Aura infused fruit, Shego. One bite and it rejuvenates anyone who has low Aura reserves." The man said proudly as he continued eating the fruit, smirking at Shego with an air of smugness. "Imagine it, Shego. An entire field of trees producing these fruits. It could enhance strength and healing greatly with just a few bites."
"Great…So what do they do besides that?" Shego asked the million dollar question.
The man faltered a bit. "Well…I had this idea for something a while back...It didn't exactly pan out…But the fruits work, Shego! I feel like I could run a marathon!"
"Really?" Shego raised an eyebrow. "Going to buy a tracksuit and go running around the island?"
"Now why would I do that when the island's rocky terrain makes it im-" The man trailed off when he realized Shego's joke and the smirk on her face. "Oh, ha-ha. Very funny Shego."
He finished the fruit and threw what was left of it in a nearby garbage can. "Now that we have gotten that out of the way. We-"
"Omega Level Alert. Repeat, Omega Level Alert. All available Huntsmen head to Beach City."
Both turned to the nearby supercomputer and the man was in front it instantly. "An Omega Alert on all Huntsmen channels."
"I know that when you asked me to get you the frequency on all Huntsmen channels you wanted to stay ahead of any that came after us but why should we care?" Shego asked, crossing her arms as she watched her employer conduct a scan. "From the looks of it this Beach City is a backwater town with nothing useful down there."
"Because something is seriously wrong. There are large numbers of Grimm circling Beach City but there's something else. A massive energy signature unlike anything I have ever seen before." The man narrowed his eyes. "This is no massive Grimm attack. Shego, we're going to Beach City. I want to see what exactly is going on over there."
"Whoa-whoa-whoa!" Shego stopped the man, standing directly in his path and placing her hand on his chest. "You are in no shape to be flying around, Dr. D."
"Oh please." The man scoffed. "My fruit rejuvenated me. Besides I took a few naps after charging each conductor."
"That's not an excuse for pulling an all-nighter with your Semblance or letting those conductors suck your Aura dry. An Omega alert will be drawing Huntsmen from all around the country." Shego lightly pushed the man back. "Look, you want to see what's going on over there? Fine, I'll head over there myself and check it out. You can monitor me or take another nap."
The man grumbled as he sat down. "Fine. But don't get spotted."
"As if you need to tell me that, Dr. Drakken." Shego rolled her eyes as she walked out of the lab.
The things she did for this guy.
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"Omega Level Alert. Repeat, Omega Level Alert. All available Huntsmen head to Beach City."
Hego was already in the Go-Jet when the alert sounded and took off in the direction of the Beach City. "On my way."
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"Omega Level Alert. Repeat, Omega Level Alert. All available Huntsmen head to Beach City."
"All right, seriously!" A large man with a blond mullet hopped onto his motorcycle. "Road trip! YYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
He shot off, out of his garage and onto the road.
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The situation at Beach City was not improving one bit.
Scotty Blake's arrival kept the incoming Grimm from overrunning the small town and the arrival of additional help was more than welcome.
But Malachite Plasmius was still on the loose.
The Crystal Gems received help from Vidalia and Greg who provided long range support while the SWAT Kats and Seph attacked from above.
"We're not getting anywhere!" Pearl shouted as she fired bolts of energy from her spear.
Malachite simply split back into four and attacked anyone in her sight, firing ecto-beams at everyone and turning the beach into a warzone. The Crystal Gems continued to fight despite feeling exhausted with their outfits looking torn and dirty.
"Just keep fighting." Garnet said, firing her gauntlets at one Malachite that was stomping down the beach after them.
The Malachites all laughed, raising their hands up and charging giant ecto-spheres that would more than likely destroy the entire down. "THIS IS THE END!"
Before they could launch their attacks a spear shot out and pierced one through the back, coming out of the chest where the heart would be. That duplicate vanished in a puff of smoke and the three Malachites turned around and spotted a simple boat with a man standing on it, pulling on the rope to catch the spear he threw.
"Honey!" Vidalia called out with a smile.
"Yellowtail!?" Steven and Greg exclaimed.
Yellowtail had a light blonde beard and eyebrows, and wears a bright yellow rain coat, with two white/very light green stripes near the bottom, a bright yellow rain hat, and pale blue rain boots. He glared at the three Malachites and threw off his jacket, revealing a very muscular body underneath.
"What is this?" The Malachites asked, not impressed.
"My husband." Vidalia answered with an evil looking smirk.
Yellowtail's eyes glinted as he held up his spear, aiming at the middle Malachite and threw his spear again.
"Nice try!" The Malachite turned intangible as the spear passed through her. "Not this time!"
Yellowtail watched as the spear turned back around and flew back at the Malachite as she turned tangible, not paying attention as it pierced the back of her head.
"WHAT?!" Both Malachites exclaimed as the middle one exploded into smoke like the other.
"Whoa…" Steven marveled in awe. "How'd he do that?"
"That was my husband's Semblance, Killer Catch." Vidalia answered with a smile as Yellowtail jumped off his boat and landed on the beach, catching his spear. "He chooses his target in his mind and when he throws something like a spear or the hook of his spear it catches the target no matter how hard they try to get away, fish, Grimm and even giant monsters. That's why he's the best fisherman in the world."
"Wow." Steven mumbled as Yellowtail ran up to Vidalia and asked if she was all right in his own language.
Vidalia lightly hugged her husband with one arm. "I'm good, honey. But we got a giant monster to take down."
The two Malachites glared at the Gems and the Humans gathering together to fight her. "ENOUGH!"
She merged back into one raised her hands, causing the water to lift up above her. "I'll just drown this entire land under and get rid of you all!"
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"T-Bone, you see this?!" Razor asked as the TurboKat circled above as Malachite gathered so much water the ocean began to shrink.
"I sure do! We got to do something!" T-Bone aimed the TurboKat down at the massive sphere of water. "Razor, the ice missiles!"
"Targeting…" Razor looked onto the water. "Firing!"
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The TurboKat fired a missile armed with a warhead containing Ice Dust down on the gigantic water sphere Malachite had created to destroy everyone. The missile hit the sphere and exploded, instantly turning it to ice.
"Wha-?!" Malachite looked up, losing concentration and ended being crush under the sphere as it fell onto her and shattered.
Ice shards, both big and small flew in all directions in the form of a giant white mushroom shaped cloud. The cloud enveloped the beach as everyone took cover and expanded into the city, freezing most of it.
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"What in Great Scotland?" Scotty covered his face as an icy mist slammed into him.
His Aura protected him and he could see the surrounding Grimm being affected by the cold, making it easier for him to slay them.
"Who called for an early winter?"
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"Hold on!" Max Tennyson slammed onto the brakes, stopping just as the ice mist washed over the Rustbucket.
"What's going on?" Gwen asked, holding onto her seat.
"I don't know." Max sighed, seeing the Rustbucket wasn't about to slide off and hit something or someone. "Given what I know of Gems this is likely their doing. We have to move."
"Then I know the perfect alien." Ben said, bringing up the Omnitrix and when he picked the one he wanted he slammed his hand down it.
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"Whoa!" Rex hastily stopped before the ice mist engulfed him and Agent Six. "Who called for an early winter?"
Six hopped off as Rex changed back into his human form, seemingly unaffected by the cold. "Something wrong has happened. We have to hurry to the town."
"What about Max and Ben?" Rex asked, reluctant to leave them behind.
A blast of fire cleared away the mist, showing Ben as Heatblast. The pyro-alien went on the attack, launching fireballs at nearby Grimm, burning their bodies.
"He seems to be all right." Six said simply, pulling out his blades. "They can look after themselves. We need to help the people of this town."
Rex spotted more incoming Grimm. "We might have trouble with that."
Rex and Six quickly jumped into the battle with Ben, fending off numerous Grimm as they tried to surrounding the gathering fighters.
"YYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHH!" A voice screamed as a man on a motorcycle raced into the battle, holding up an advanced pistol and shot at the Grimm.
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"Steven! Steven!" Pearl called out, keeping one hand in front of her face to keep the snow and icy out of her eyes.
"Pearl!" Steven's voice called out through the mist.
"Steven!" Pearl rushed through the mist, spotting Steven's figure. "I'm here, Steven. Are you-"
"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Malachite's demonic voice roared and a stream of black energy blasted through the mist, blowing it away and revealing a beach turned into a frozen wasteland, further devastated as Malachite's sonic attack ripped through it.
Pearl looked up, paling as the infuriated form of Malachite Plasmius loomed over her with blazing red eyes and her hair flaming hair blazing even brighter, emitting an aura of pure rage.
"WHY WON'T YOU ALL DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE?!" Malachite let out another sonic blast that hit Pearl and sent her flying back, slamming hard into the ground.
"Pearl!" Steven tried to run to her but Greg grabbed him. "PEARL!"
Malachite leered down at the injured Pearl who looked ready to retreat back into her Gem to regenerate but Malachite was not going to have any of that.
It was time to shatter these rebels and avenge her Diamond.
Just as she raised a hand to shatter Pearl for good she did not notice a black blue blur drop from the sky, landing in front of Pearl and kick up dust from not just the land but also catching Malachite's hand.
"What the-?!" Malachite gaped, seeing a human holding her hand.
Hego, a veteran Huntsman pushed Malachite's hand back, causing the surprised fusion to stagger back from the sheer strength of a mere human. Malachite growled and tried to smash Hego with both hands he caught her hands and then jumped up, launching a punch directly into the fusion's stomach. Malachite cried out in pain from the sheer power of the blow, actually bending over. Hego then delivered an uppercut to the chin, knocking Malachite into the air and watch as she fell back down into the icy water, shattering it on impact and creating a giant splash.
Malachite grunted, glaring up at Hego as he charged at her again but this time she was ready. Just as he jumped up and fell down to deliver a powerful finishing blow Malachite turned intangible, grinning at the foolish human as he passed…
BOOM!
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Malachite screamed out as Hego's blue glowing fists made contact with her even though she was intangible.
She lost focus of her powers and became tangible again. She was extremely durable with just two Gems making up her being and her new ghost half increased that durability but she felt herself losing strength. Despite the amount of power she wielded from all three beings she was made from all the fighting seriously wore her down. The Ghostly Wails, splitting her powers into four duplicates and the constant fighting had begun to take its toll on her.
"She's weakening." Garnet called out. "This is our chance. If we shatter her concentration we'll break the fusion."
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"Now Drago!"
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Before anyone could make a move the water surrounding Malachite suddenly boiled and exploded into steam as the ground behind her cracked open and she fell in.
"LAPIS!" Steven cried out as Malachite disappeared under the burning water.
Seph, looking bruised and battered, narrowed his eyes at the feeling of dread washing over him. "This feeling…Sammael. This is not good."
Everyone gathered, even the SWAT Kats as they landed their jet.
It had been a very long day.
"Lapis…" Steven stared at the water, feeling that he had failed to save his friend.
"What happened? Where'd they go?" Amethyst asked, staring around. "Did it get dragged back out into the ocean?"
"No." Garnet adjusted her visor. "They were dragged into the earth."
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Sammael watched as the exhausted form of Malachite was held in a rocky chamber with glowing symbols resembling flaming eyes on the floor, ceiling and walls. The barrier served to keep the Gem fusion dormant.
"So Hego, the former leader of the now disbanded Team Go was able to hurt the fusion even she was intangible." The Fallen muttered, staring at the image of the fusion from the Seer in front of him. "Each member of Team Go wielded powers given to them by a meteorite containing a form of cosmic radiation. The radiation seems to be harmful to the kind of ghosts Van Kleiss discovered and possibly even Gems. Hego was physically the strongest of Team Go but his sister held the intelligence, drive and skill."
Sammael's lips curled in amusement. "And unfortunately for him his sister is not interested in aiding him these days."
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Shego watched the entire battle through a pair of electronic binoculars, eyes narrowing at the sight of her brother. She dropped them and walked over towards the green and black jet she had parked nearby and took off a moment later.
There was nothing left to see.
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"It was risky, sending Drago to capture this fusion but I believe it will pay off. A Gem/Ghost fusion is something that cannot be overlooked or ignored." Sammael mused. "This is something I will need to keep a close eye on. In the meantime there are other important tasks that require my attention."
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(Character Skills)
Name: Drew Theodore P. Lipsky, AKA Dr. Drakken
Aura: Dark Blue
Semblance: Plant Manipulation
Description: Drakken is able to control the growth rate of plant life, able to grow them instantly in mere seconds.
Weapon: N/A
Name: Yellowtail
Aura: Pale Yellow
Semblance: Killer Catch
Description: Once he mentally concentrates, targeting what he wishes to hit whatever Yellowtail throws will act like a homing missile and will not stop until the target is hit.
Weapon: Fishing Spear